Liverpewl!! Time for a wee city break with the missus and Liverpool was the city of choice this down.  We got the train down and in the evening had a wander around the centre.  The architecture was really pretty and the city centre had a nice friendly buzz about it.  We also of course got an obligatory photo with The Beatles.

The following day we went on a Sandman’s free tour which went from St George’s Hall to the docks.  The tour guide was pretty funny and it was interesting to hear how Liverpool had initially being quite a wealthy city due to its docks but until about 10-15 years ago it was actually quite a run-down city.  The tour of course went down Matthew Street where the famous Cavern Club is.  I never knew that actually only around 40% of the original club still existed as British Rail demolished the rest to make room for a ventilation shaft for a subway that was never built!

Liverpool Cathedral was also visited which was beautiful inside and out.  This was then followed by dinner with Maite’s friend Maria at Crust where we had amazing pizzas. 

The British Music Experience was visited next which was really interesting and spent hours there.  It was intriguing to learn about how much British and American music influenced each other.  There were also hologram performances by Boy George which were scarily convincing!

Lunch was had at Barcaro which was an amazing tapas place where we were lucky to get a seat. Then of course The Cavern Club was visited.  Now it was a Saturday afternoon so it was heaving but it was pretty awesome to visit a club that so many famous artists had performed at (in the original 40%)  and there were some good bands playing while we were there.

Later on we met up with Maite’s friends Maria and Neil who showed us around to some cool bars and places to eat. The next morning we passed by Penny Lane to go to Tavern Co which is quite well know in Liverpool for making great breakfasts and we weren’t disappointed.  We took a wander around Sefton Park which was very beautiful and we had a cracking day for it and also took a visit to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral which was a very strange, modern (1967) but cool place.

Overall we had a really nice time in Liverpool.  We found it to be a very friendly, walk-able city filled with a lot people that like a good night out! 😛